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A 1927 Glover Park Ad Promised Frigidaire

A newspaper advertisement for Glover Park homes made a selling point of refrigeration.

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Check out this great old advertisement from The Washington Post, printed on October 9th, 1927. Those were the good old days. Some have Frigidaire!

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